Lady&#39;s handbag and the like



Aug. 18, 1936. H. PETERS 2,051,572

LADYS HANDBAG AND THE LIKE Filed Dec. 17, 1954 I I: Jmlwm Z 1! HARRY PETERS,

Patented Aug. 18, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application December 17, 1934, Serial No. 757,819 In Great Britain November 2, 1934 2 Claims.

This invention relates to ladies handbags and the like of the kind having an inner bag or pocket, both inner and outer bags being fitted with pivoted mouth frames, the pivots of the two frames being co-axial, and has for its object to provide a simplified form of frame.

In accordance with this invention I provide a ladys handbag or the like of the kind described in which the bearings for the pivot pins at one or each end of the bag are formed by the appropriately fashioned contacting or substantially contacting ends of the adjacent sides of the main and inner frames.

The accompanying drawing illustrates two forms of bag made in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 1 is a part perspective view of one form,

Fig. 2 is a part perspective view of another form,

Fig. 3 is a section of a detail along line III-III in Fig. 1.

In Figs. 1 and 3 is shown a lady's hand or like bag having an outer receptacle 2 and an inner compartment 3 and a hinged frame. The main outer frame member or mount 4 of the outer receptacle is of the usual channel form but is similarly bent or turned inwards at each side or face of each end 5 of each half 6 of the said frame. The extremities 1 of each end are bent over at one side or face as regards half their width to form hinge bearings or sleeves 8 integral with said frame members of similar diameter and through these sleeves are passed the separate pivot pins 9 securing the two halves of the outer frame member together. On these pivot pins are also pivotally disposed the two halves Ill of the inner frame member or mount ll of the inner compartment 3, said inner frame-member being set within the outer frame members, the inturned ends of the outer frame being bent across substantially the distance between inner and outer frame members thus forming at the end of the bag substantially a V, and forming rolled hinges. Each of said frame members extends from one pivotal position to the other pivotal position of the frame. 5

In Fig. 2 the construction is the converse of that in Fig. 1 in that the ends 30 of the inner framemember or mount 3! of the inner compartment are bent or curved outwards and are bent over at their extremities 32 to form flat hinge bearings for the separate pivot pins 33.

It will be evident that the details of the invention may be varied in many ways without departing from the scope thereof.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a handbag, a plurality of pairs of frames of U shape, hinged together at their ends, hinge pins for connecting the ends of said frames, one pair of said frames being larger than another pair of said frames, each of said pairshaving leg portions spaced and substantially parallel to another pair of legs, the ends of the legs of one pair of frames being curved and in close proximity to the ends of the legs of another of the frames, the ends of said curved pair of legs forming bearings for said hinge pins.

2. In a handbag, a plurality of pairs of frames of U shape, hinged together at their ends, hinge pins for connecting the ends of said frames, one pair of said frames being larger than another pair of said frames, each of said pairs having leg portions spaced and substantially parallel .to another pair of legs, the ends of the legs of one pair of frames being curved and in close proximity to the ends of the legs of another of the frames, the ends of said curved pair of legs forming bearings for said hinge pins, each curved end of each leg being in the plane of its frame.

HARRY PETERS. 

